Donkey line / tick mark hall of shame. (Read 488502 times)

GCW · October 27, 2011, 02:15:05 pm

But did they then post pictures of them doing it on a climbing site?

Paul B · October 27, 2011, 02:27:07 pm

Quote from: GCW on October 27, 2011, 12:00:12 pm

I must be doing something wrong, I usually put chalk on my hands http://www.ukclimbing.com/images/dbpage.html?id=185106

I'm pretty sure Ben is a user of this forum and can defend himself adequately. However, I highly doubt he left the problem in a bad state.

GCW · October 27, 2011, 02:38:18 pm

I think he is, and I'm sure he tidied up afterwards. It just seems a little odd to post a picture "chalking up 7 Ball" on UKC where most of the users will then go forth and do the same, then not tidy up afterwards

Paul B · October 27, 2011, 02:42:21 pm

Quote from: GCW on October 27, 2011, 02:38:18 pm

I think he is, and I'm sure he tidied up afterwards. It just seems a little odd to post a picture "chalking up 7 Ball" on UKC where most of the users will then go forth and do the same, then not tidy up afterwards

I know we're not a fans of the other channel over here on the smug side but seriously, I'm sure they're not all sheep.

GCW · October 27, 2011, 02:44:41 pm

No, but UKC has a far higher number of users and I suspect there are more sheep there than here meaning numbers are higher.

But you're right I suppose, it's not anything we should be concerned about.....

Johnny Brown · October 27, 2011, 02:55:56 pm

Whatever, introducing into anyone's mind that the rock ever needs 'chalking up' is a very bad thing.

Oldmanmatt · October 27, 2011, 03:54:23 pm

Perhaps it's a long term plan to turn it into Lime...
Slight flaw though, what with it being the wrong carbonate...

Probes · November 02, 2011, 11:47:23 am

Up at Brideys yesterday and someone has been using what looks like bottles of sids jizz to put donkey marks up. On the indian head and a bit around the bridestone. Just squirting the shit in big lines. Luckily i think as its been a bit wild up there lately its starting to wash off. Fucking dicks, ill squirt the stuff in their eyes if i catch em.

Fultonius · November 07, 2011, 02:08:22 pm

I've got a genuine question, and I'm willing to try and change my ways if folks think my approach is...unacceptable...

When trad climbing at my limit, I sometimes give potential footholds a wee clean with a little rag that stays in my chalk bag. (to get rid of any lichen/greasyness) Obvisously chalk reduces the grip levels of bare rock, but a lot of the stuff I climb on in Scotland gets a bit grubby, so cleaning does help. I also sometimes leave a tiny chalk dot to help identify a potential foothold that may be hard to spot.

Just for clarity, I'm talking about doing this mid route, mid onsight, when potential footholds for the upcoming sequence are at waist to above-head height.

Clearly, I could use a brush instead, but fiddling around with a brush mid route is tricky.

Should I leave the rock clean, risking blowing an onsight, but then leaving the onsight more pure for the next suitor?

$:-\$

SA Chris · November 07, 2011, 02:32:29 pm

Have I strayed onto UKC?

Surely a bit of chalk and a rub to clean some footholds is a community service?

Given the weather in Scotland, if a route is dirty enough that you need to clean some holds, then what is the likelyhood that it's going to get climbed again before your chalk is washed away?

Surely what you do is a milion miles away from donkey lines and tickmarks?

Johnny Brown · November 07, 2011, 02:38:29 pm

All this UKC bollocks about onsight winds me up. What matters is your state of mind not a dab of chalk on a foothold. Making the definition of onsight so strict only serves to make the so-called 'flash' cover ever more shades of grey.

Fultonius · November 07, 2011, 02:42:54 pm

Sorry!

I'll keep on making my life easier with discreet chalky dabs! I find it really helps me to visualise the moves and focus mor eon my feet (a weakness of mine).

Anyway, I've strayed far enough

for today...

dave · November 07, 2011, 02:43:54 pm

Quote from: SA Chris on November 07, 2011, 02:32:29 pm

Have I strayed onto UKC?

Surely a bit of chalk and a rub to clean some footholds is a community service?

Given the weather in Scotland, if a route is dirty enough that you need to clean some holds, then what is the likelyhood that it's going to get climbed again before your chalk is washed away?

Surely what you do is a milion miles away from donkey lines and tickmarks?

If its scotland chances are it'll be raining before your second reaches the belay anyway.

SA Chris · November 07, 2011, 02:48:39 pm

Before you've tied in!

Actually not rained here since Friday morning. Unprecedented.

Fultonius · November 07, 2011, 02:54:48 pm

Quote from: SA Chris on November 07, 2011, 02:48:39 pm

Before you've tied in!

Normally barely worth using chalk at all. In fact, I might start taking out some waterproof metal markers for my tick marks, then the pesky Scottish rain won't have a chance against my industrial strength tick marks!

CanadianDave · November 21, 2011, 11:42:41 pm

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A new low at 4:15.

fried · November 22, 2011, 06:08:29 am

Probably worth reading the comments on Youtube before the lynching.

huwtj · November 27, 2011, 05:54:51 pm

Not sure whoever was on the Anchor at Brimham today used enough chalk! I cleaned about 5 huge donkey lines off from under the roof but unfortunately didn't have a big enough brush to get rid of all the chalk...

north_country_boy · November 27, 2011, 10:17:59 pm

Quote from: huwtj on November 27, 2011, 05:54:51 pm

Not sure whoever was on the Anchor at Brimham today used enough chalk! I cleaned about 5 huge donkey lines off from under the roof but unfortunately didn't have a big enough brush to get rid of all the chalk...

We must have arrived to do this after you had brushed these off as although it was coated in chalk, it wasn't ticked up....Good work for brushing them off, there must have been a monumental amount of chalk on the sloper prior to the rain!!

stevej · November 27, 2011, 11:44:11 pm

Not a tick mark but not cool. Next to the Robin Hood's cave descent, very very obvious from the top path. Words are at least a foot high... (sorry for crappy phone cam)

Snoops · November 28, 2011, 08:42:21 am

Quote from: stevej on November 27, 2011, 11:44:11 pm

Not a tick mark but not cool. Next to the Robin Hood's cave descent, very very obvious from the top path. Words are at least a foot high... (sorry for crappy phone cam)

Have the twats done that with chalk or a stone?

tomtom · November 28, 2011, 09:09:07 am

Looks like blue and red chalk to me...

slackline · November 28, 2011, 09:48:47 am

No picture, but did my best to brush off a load of circles that had been drawn round smears on various boulders around Cratcliffe yesterday. Not sure who out of the different groups was responsible, but

stevej · November 28, 2011, 10:50:43 am

Quote from: Snoops on November 28, 2011, 08:42:21 am

Have the twats done that with chalk or a stone?

Now I feel like a muppet because I'm not sure. It was blowing an absolute gale and getting dark so didn't take a closer look but I thought it was scratched in. Hopefully I'm wrong.

Moo · December 15, 2011, 02:35:38 am

You might not get the best impression from this photo but marks roof left hand was heavily caked in chalk to try and dry it out presumably. Especially poor form as it was just left this way and the flake its hollow and fragile so likely to break if climbed on in the wet.

Donkey line / tick mark hall of shame. (Read 488502 times)

dave